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What is iPhone throttling and why does it happen?

January 13, 2020
When your iPhone was still shiny and new its speed seemed unreal. Now, just a few years later it feels sluggish and unpleasant to use. Is this just your imagination? Maybe, but you also may be experiencing iPhone throttling. All the way back in 2017, Apple admitted to the practice of iPhone throttling. This has resulted in sizable claims against Apple, so clearly it’s an issue. But what is…
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GamingNews

Fans are creating a Harry Potter role-playing game inside 'Minecraft'

January 13, 2020
There have been some ambitious Minecraft projects before, but this one may win for sheer sophistication. The modding team Floo Network is creating Minecraft School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a Harry Potter-themed role-playing experience inside a Minecraft map. You’re not just there to admire the accurate (if blocky) renditions of Hogwarts and its environs, although those are meticulous in…
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MobileNews

Amazon France discounts iPhone 11 models by up to €165

January 13, 2020
It’s not often that you see Apple offering discounts on its phones. Okay, technically this isn’t Apple but Amazon France – the retailer is offering up to €165 off via coupons for the iPhone 11 family. The actual value of the coupons varies by model, but it’s usually 10%…
AI & RoboticsNews

Google’s AI predicts local precipitation patterns ‘instantaneously’

January 13, 2020
Google hopes to tap AI and machine learning to make speedy local weather predictions. In a paper and accompanying blog post, the tech giant detailed an AI system that uses satellite images to produce “nearly instantaneous” and high-resolution forecasts — on average, with a roughly one kilometer resolution and a latency of only 5-10 minutes. The researchers behind it say it outperforms…
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GamingNews

YouTube lures three more top streamers away from Twitch

January 13, 2020
Twitch is once again losing some big-name streamers to YouTube. Lannan “LazarBeam” Eacott, Elliott “Muselk” Watkins and Rachell “Valkyrae” Hofstetter (above) have announced that they’ll livestream exclusively on Google’s video…
GamingNews

Might & Magic: Chess Royale is an auto battle royale from Ubisoft

January 13, 2020
Ubisoft’s scientists have done the unthinkable and combined the two biggest new gaming genres of the last few years. The publisher revealed today that it plans to release Might & Magic: Chess Royale for mobile and PC on January 30. As the name suggests, it mixes together elements of auto battlers (think Auto Chess) and battle royale games (PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and Fortnite). In…
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